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cramiere [< Cdn F cramière < F crémaillière pothook] Hist. 
n. a device consisting of an upright axle and a horizontal arm to swing kettles and pots on and off an open fire.
- 1854 [. . . a wooden crane renewed when burnt through, swings over the fire and suspends the family pot, tea and bake kettle.]
- 1947 (1963) Mr. Pennock also ran across the camboose pile and old "cramiere" of another camp, which he says may still be seen. . . .
- 1964 From one of the four posts that supported the chimney [of the camboose] swung the "cramiere" or crane that held the big pots over the fire.
- 1854 [. . . a wooden crane renewed when burnt through, swings over the fire and suspends the family pot, tea and bake kettle.]